"Hi! I'm Karen Pryor, the author of Don't Shoot the Dog and one of the founders of clicker training [0]. In this section you'll find some things I've written about training that are not easily available elsewhere, such as speeches, my monthly letters to the clicker [0] training community, clicker-related articles and internet posts about clicker training questions. We are always adding to the content of this section; please email me if there is something you would particularly like to see that isn't here yet. Click!"

Karen Pryor [0]
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Karen Pryor is a scientist with an international reputation in two fields, marine mammal biology and behavioral psychology. Through her work with dolphins in the 1960's she pioneered modern, force-free animal training methods. She is the author of many scientific papers and monographs and seven books. She is a founder and leading proponent of clicker training, a worldwide movement involving new ways to communicate positively with pets and other animals. She is the founder and CEO of a behavioral publishing company, Sunshine Books, Inc., and its on-line divisions. Karen has three children and seven grandchildren. She lives in Boston with two clicker trained dogs and a clicker trained cat.

• Read Karen's Letters to the Clicker Training Community [1]
• Read Karen's Articles [1]
• Read an interview with Karen [2] by Melissa Alexander